Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-01

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LESSONS drawn FROM xxPERIEScEs DURING THR
THE RECENT MEDICAL CONGRESS
Tothe Editor of The EVENING STAR.
The future OF Washington as a place O; conyen-
ions gives importance 70 a resolution OF the ex-
ecutve committee OF the Medical Congress that
renecteo on the good manners OF the local public
Neither the committee nor that portion OF the pub
NC press that spread the same sentiment covered
an the dennquentS and a consideration OF the cir
and safety hereafter There were fonf ,ocafions
OF overcrowding by outsiders-the conversational
ts tSysR,on AT the White House. the banquet
city approaching a quarter OF a million popula-
Eon tneIe are enough people ready TO MI any
anSau =. ah'sst II no check is placed on their at
ssuysnC. Inc washington public did not show
itself unmanageable, but rather he contrary when
Inere was an evident effort 10 limit attendance
ss snn dld not define the range OF each
as nance and assign TO specined persons
the duty OF looking after details their resolution
Snou,u nos nave been written. II persons were so
DESIGNATED and failed TO do their duty. the resou-
Ton that blamed their fellow-citizens in such
wholesale way should have included those who
Iaiie1 70 carry out instructions In terms
Glen hotel Some exhibitors at t's AlSaaras
opera House, In advance OF the congress, uTred
people 10 come and tell their friends come freely,
anu some dispensers OF beef tea and baby foods
were quite as anxious to see mothers and nurses
as 70 talk TO doctors Some pressed their samples
upon visitors with small effort 10 limit them TO
there were rather ludicrous than serious. When
word was given out that the exhibition would be
closed Tor DAY 70 all but the profession even the
woman who was said 10 have brought one friend
ana carpetoag Tor samples In the morning ana
another friend and the carpetbag In the AFTERNOON,
ceased 10 trouoie. Cards and pubic notices should
have informed members, and such others as strove
TO learn what was the scope OF each named
assembly A degree OF latitude might have been
Tolerated In the lnformaities OF the Conversations
which would have been out OF place Tor the White
House or for the banquet. Whatever the commit
Tee may have directed there was practically no
check TO attendance at the Conversations. Young
sters Saunterfng near door, In natural curiosity
found that they could walk Ia unQuestioned, and
only because the miscellaneous population was
not expecting any such opportunity was &c that
there was not an excessive crowdIng OF the build
Ing. For the White House and for the banquet
admission should have been confined TO ticketed
members wearing badges, and no one should have
been able TO persOnate member, except as his
substitute without increasing the aggregate
had friends privilege of taking others with
them, and not all non-members at the White
House were unlimited, nor did all 60 who were
invited.
The first step in the miraculous feeding or the
thousands In the Gospel was To make the peoule
SIT down. The current plan of focusing hungry
walking thousands, or even hundreds upon loaded
tables makes a welI-bred man feel mean and an
lll-mannered man Sul more barbarous Some
procure an excess OF sauces. ices or wines Others
receive only such part of SOME delicaces as drips
On their clothing from overloaded plates passed
over their heads. The multitude viii be mach
LoIc ndniiSedUlc Witch 10 llenGuSr-
snip OF the Organization complimented. III the
capital OF the United stat caunut IN an orderly
way provide To seat even J, 900 pe0p4e for a ban
quet, let Us give over Dragging, and attempt only
wat We can do properly. There were American
physicians who told here how, al Copenhagen, In
little Denmark, former congress received a Gin
ner at which l. 200 sat down, each finding his
ate, his chair aad a rack behind IL for nl5 hat
and wraps marked with his name. There are
some things TO Ue thought oil In all future OF
Inc Pension building Tor social purposes. once
within lis walls several Thousand people could ciF-
culate with comfort ye; 400 people can 50 place
tnemseisea as TO dtscoinIlUde ali Others who come
and go. For al that great AREA, IciaiorceJ by Its
galleries, there are but iOur exits ana entrances,
etcn no larger than pertains TO 4 private house
which wouid be iuil with eighty guests. There IL
bare room for one couple to pass a doorway at a
time, and IL TWO couples meet al door, one must
Step aside 10 let the other pUsS. A., Instead OF
couple there IL an Indefinite number moving each
Way, itio easy TO see how complaint OF a crowd
may arise When IL Is Only the pas ascwdyS that
are uncomfortable. Tie broad Stairways aid
open gallery ana Tie range vi WINDOWS aSar TIE
ground might seem TO preclude the occurrence .!
any panic. Eej Ia The tr:a DoraFy Introduction UI
electric lights in some future haste bare e.dcI.lc
Wire, In tempting reach OF JhcIgalseSS persons,
may be the occasion OF accideut and general
fright Is.